Man accused of repeatedly raping girl over ten years

Martin Paul Rengechy, 32, was charged in the Superior Court of Guam Monday with multiple counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and third-degree criminal sexual conduct as a second-degree felony.

A high school counselor talked to Rengechy's alleged victim, who’s 17, after finding out she was thinking about suicide, the magistrate’s complaint filed in the Superior Court of Guam states.

The girl on April 4 told the counselor that Rengechy was constantly abusing her and her mother, and he’d been sexually assaulting her since she was 7 or 8 years old, court documents state.

The girl reportedly told her mother about the abuse in March, documents state, and her mother was arrested on charges of child abuse.

After waiving his rights, Rengechy allegedly told police that sometime in 2013 he remembers waking up with dried leaves inside his pillow, which he believed to be a Chuukese love potion. He told authorities it was placed there by a woman who wanted to break up his relationship, and the woman told Rengechy he had touched the girl, which he believed at the time, documents state. Rengechy told authorities he believes it was the only time he touched the girl, documents state.

However, the girl told police that Rengechy had been sexually abusing her two or more times per month since she was 7 or 8 years old, the complaint states.

The girl told police she objected to the abuse in the past, but Rengechy assaulted her, and she was afraid he would assault her again if she objected.